We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Juniper vSRX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"The hardware is pretty stable. It's also a very good product performance-wise. Initially, it wasn't mature like a firewall and there were other leaders, but now they have included almost all the features of next-generation security. Basically, it's a good product to work with."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"You can scale it when you need to."
"Cisco is head-and-shoulders above all of the competition when it comes to technical support."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"The most valuable feature is endpoint protection."
"It covers everything we need it to without looking to secondary solutions."
"The security is very good."
"The product's scalability is good, and my company has 150 users."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The most valuable features are application filtering, content filtering, the intrusion prevention system (IPS), and definitely the application firewall."
"The dashboard, customization, API, and pricing are good."
"It is easy for me to go in and update settings, make changes, or add/remove rules or security."
"The product’s quality and performance are better than other vendors."
"It is deployed on the customer site, and we manage the firewalls on this side."
"It's much faster to deploy a power source. If you need to deploy a firewall in the cloud of software, it's much easier and much faster than deploying the office firewall in a rush."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"The routers, don't have like long-term tendency features, or higher availability features available for the IOS. It could also use a better user interface."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"In the security portfolio from Cisco, the issue is marketing. Cisco is still seen primarily as an enterprise network player rather than being acknowledged as a security vendor."
"I would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"Some people complain that the solution tends to have a steep learning curve. It could be because most people have basic familiarity with Cisco or other similar products and maybe have never worked closely with Juniper products."
"The tool's basic license does not cover everything. It needs to improve visibility and availability."
"The solution should consider improving its licensing policies."
"We worked with Cisco's support and Juniper's support and there are some differences, to be honest, Cisco is more available and is more competent at addressing our cases."
"Juniper vSRX is expensive."
"They could provide support for cloud deployments."
"The pricing still needs some improvement."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to the GUI because it isn't very good."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Juniper vSRX is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 30 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Zscaler Cloud Firewall. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Juniper vSRX report.
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